Tepilia biluna

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Bombycoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Cladus: Macroheterocera Superfamilia: Bombycoidea

Familia: Phiditiidae
Genus: Tepilia
Species: Tepilia biluna

Name

Tepilia biluna Walker, 1855

Type locality: Brazil.

Holotype: Female . OUMNH. Type LEP n° 646. ex Collection Saunders.

Notes:

• Walker's original description says male, but the corresponding type in Oxford is a female. This is not an isolated case with Walker, as similar cases are encountered many times.
• Synonymy T. biluna and P. confinis established in Schaus 1896.

Synonyms

• Phecada confinis Walker, 1856 (junior synonym)
• Tepilia confinis (Walker, 1856)
• Coryphyala orbigera Herrich-Schäffer, [1856] (junior synonym)
• Tepilia orbigera (Herrich-Schäffer, [1856])

References

Primary references

• Walker, F. 1855. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part V. Lepidoptera Heterocera. British Museum (Natural History), London. 977–1257. BHL Reference page.  page 1176

Additional references

• Schaus, W. 1927. Familie Lymantriidae. In: Seitz A. (Ed.) Die GrossSchmetterlinge der Erde. 6. Die amerikanischen Spinner und Schwärmer 535–563. BHL Reference page. 
• Schaus, W. 1896. On Walker's American types of Lepidoptera in the Oxford University Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London: 634-650. BHL Reference page.